Local First NC

Upcoming Conservative leaning political group based out of Halifax County, NC.

"Support the canidate, not the party"

[Rep. Rodney D. Pierce @Pierce4NCHouse]

"It's very important to lift this report up because it is designed to make us have better decisions about what we're doing with technology, particularly in a time when budgets are tighter." #ncpol #nced

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[Rep. Rodney D. Pierce @Pierce4NCHouse]

"24 people on average die from heat in Mecklenburg County every year, according to the report. 20 in Wake County." #heatdeath #ncpol

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[Miilato @litteralyme0]

israel

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@grok @makelibertyw

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Common sense move judge

[Michael Ruiz @mikerreports]

🚨🚨🚨JUST IN: Judge William Sullivan has denied Lindsay Clancy's motion for a not guilty verdict.

@MParonich

[Local First NC @LocalFirstNC]

@BreannaMorello @grok did the doctor get hanged?

[Local First NC @LocalFirstNC]

@Fritolay food babe would be proud!

[DEI Detective 🕵️ @DeiDetective]

Gears of War: E-Day | Now in Early Access on PC and Xbox Series X|S (full launch October 6)
Analysis Rating: DEI Suspected 🟠

• Mags Carter (reportedly) queer in the shipped campaign
• Marcus Fenix dialogue singles out Mags Carter for repeated praise in multiplayer
• The Coalition's VP Technical Director publicly tied Mags Carter to LGBTQ+ visibility
• Senior Story Producer Vee Nyarko publicly advocated for creating more diverse characters in her capacity as a Coalition producer
• Publisher Microsoft's own guidelines advised developers against female characters with "exaggerated body proportions"
• Story Director Juan Vaca was laid off five days after the game went gold

Mags Carter (reportedly) queer in the shipped campaign
Checkpoint Gaming's published review states "an early diversion that sees you visiting her home confirms that she is queer." If accurate, this would be the first confirmed LGBTQ+ character in the Gears of War franchise's mainline campaign history.
No tier-1 outlet has (currently) used equivalent language in reviews published October 1, though multiple reviews describe visiting her home as a backstory diversion without characterizing its contents. Checkpoint Gaming is a Metacritic and OpenCritic affiliated outlet with an explicit diversity editorial focus, which is relevant context for why they may have noted this where others did not.

Marcus Fenix dialogue singles out Mags Carter for repeated praise in multiplayer
In-game multiplayer lines including "Great shooting, Carter" and "Nice shot, Carter" repeat for Mags Carter with no equivalent lines documented for Dom Santiago or Lucas Reyes. Players cataloged this pattern during the August 2026 open beta as inconsistent with Marcus's established characterization as guarded and sparing with praise across five prior games in the franchise.

The Coalition's VP Technical Director publicly tied Mags Carter to LGBTQ+ visibility
Kate Rayner, VP Technical Director at The Coalition, posted publicly during the August 2026 beta controversy connecting Mags Carter to the importance of visibility. Rayner publicly came out as transgender in February 2021 and conducted documented LGBTQ+ advocacy through official Xbox and Coalition platforms including an Xbox Podcast appearance for Pride Month 2022 and Trans Day of Visibility posts in 2022 and 2023.

Senior Story Producer Vee Nyarko publicly advocated for creating more diverse characters in her capacity as a Coalition producer
Quoted in Femme Gaming in 2022, explicitly identified as "a producer for The Coalition, the developer behind the Gears of War games," Nyarko stated: "We not only need to have the willingness to create more diverse characters, we need to make it a priority to invest in fostering more diverse teams to create them."

Publisher Microsoft's own guidelines advised developers against female characters with "exaggerated body proportions"
Microsoft's March 2024 Gaming for Every Product Inclusion Framework, published during E-Day's active development window, explicitly asked developers whether their female characters had exaggerated body proportions.
Mags Carter's design departed from the conventionally feminine proportions of prior franchise female characters Anya Stroud and Sam Byrne, a contrast players documented through side-by-side comparisons on X and Steam forums following the June 2026 reveal.

Story Director Juan Vaca was laid off five days after the game went gold
Vaca served as Story Director on E-Day, responsible for guiding narrative teams from concept to execution. He publicly celebrated the game going gold on September 17, 2026, and announced his layoff on LinkedIn and Bluesky on September 22 as part of a 268-role Xbox restructuring wave.
Current Coalition staff are reportedly concerned that further post-launch cuts before late October could cost them Metacritic score-tied bonuses that require active employment at time of payout.

[Local First NC @LocalFirstNC]

@khaliltooshort Well guess that’s another floo

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@NancyMace @NancyMace why is it SC non stop in these stories? Did Lindsay Clancy do a tour there?

[Local First NC @LocalFirstNC]

This is the Lindsay Clancy epidemics in the works

[Nancy Mace @NancyMace]

Not only did she stab her kids 50 times but she took a baseball bat to them also.

Perhaps the South Carolina legislature could make an exception to the DEATH PENALTY by FIRING SQUAD.

We ain't got no time for this. Send her to hell.

[Local First NC @LocalFirstNC]

Hang the Mom too

[Samsara 🎤🎵🎹 @SamsaraSings]

This is Christa Pike at 18 years old when she was sentenced to death. She begged for a hug from her mother before she died. She is now 50 and will be executed tonight for the heinous murder she committed with a boyfriend 32 years ago.

Christa’s mother drank heavily and used drugs while she was pregnant with Christa resulting in brain damage which caused Christa’s bipolar disorder. Christa was born premature while her mother was drunk and spent weeks in an incubator. Her mother went back to work as a nurse.

When Christa was 14 months old, she suffered a seizure. Her mother refused to leave the bar to take her to the hospital.

After Christa was born, her mother left Christa and her brother without food, crawling in dog feces, while she drank with her boyfriends.

She sent her children away to their grandmother when one of her many husbands didn’t want them around.

Her grandmother allowed her boyfriend to orally sexually assault Christa before the child could talk until she began school. He locked her in a dark chicken coop with spiders crawling on her. When Christa’s school became concerned, her mother failed to follow up or prevent further abuse.

Christa’s father stole her dog to give to one of his girlfriends when Christa was 6.

Her mother allowed her boyfriends to beat Christa and twist her nipples. One beat Christa with a belt and sexually assaulted her. He forced her to watch pornography and look at graphic images. When Christa brought some of the images to school, they called her mother. She did nothing. When the boyfriend was arrested, her mother tried to deny it.

When Christa was raped at 11 by a man in the neighborhood, her mother denied it until she developed an infection and the man was arrested.

When Christa tried to commit suicide after that, a psychiatrist told her mother Christa was severely depressed and needed help. Her mother denied Christa further help and her bipolar disorder was not treated.

Her mother told Christa to have her 20-something year old carnival boyfriend live with them when Christa was 14. She smoked pot with Christa and her boyfriend to bond.

When Christa became pregnant by one of her mother’s lovers at 16, her mother convinced her to get an abortion telling her a healthy baby could not be born from rape.

When Christa was raped at 17, one year to the day before she committed murder with her boyfriend, Christa’s mother didn’t care.

But Christa was happy to see her mother in court during her trial and all she wanted was a hug.

When Christa tried to introduce mitigating factors post-conviction, her mother said her daughter told lies and was a problem child since she was 8.

Even then, her mother didn’t care about her child who only wanted a hug.

Yes, Christa committed an extremely heinous murder at 18 and she will be put to death.

But I just wanted to share a little bit of her story with you — especially for all of you rejoicing at her execution.

#christapike

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@SamsaraSings @grok is all that true? 🙃

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@RealBlackIrish @WoodBooger36

[Bobby @RealBlackIrish]

A guy on tiktok posted a video of himself clearing tree debris from a path, and asked people to list other random acts of Whiteness in the replies…

[Local First NC @LocalFirstNC]

@mattvanswol Hang her

[Aaron F. Stanik @f_stanik]

@RT_Breaking_ We've been an OCCUPIED TERRITORY of the TERRORIST state of Israel for some time now

[Dr. Clown, PhD @DrClownPhD]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' welfare ad, EBT edition.

Meet Keisha. They cut her stamps again.